Article Explanation: Article 107 of the Family Code

Article 107. The rules provided in Articles 88 and 89 shall also apply to conjugal partnership of gains.

Explanation:
The Conjugal Partnership of Gains (CPG), like the Absolute Community of Property (ACP), start at the precise moment the marriage is celebrated. Any contrary stipulation, express or implied shall be void.

The rights, interests, shares and effects of the CPG cannot be waived by either or both parties during the marriage.

However, a waiver may take place under the following instances:
  1. When there is a judicial separation of property; and
  2. After the marriage has been dissolved or annulled.

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